A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE

Technical Field

The invention relates to a household appliance that provides guidance and protection for electrical connection between units such as engine and control circuits within an electrical household appliance which operates with water, i.e. a washing machine or dishwasher.

Current Technology

In a household appliance, especially in a household appliance operating with water, there is a risk of water reaching to electrical connections in various manners. In such a case, conductivity of ions in water may cause a short circuit within the system. Unless some measure is adapted, such case may create irreparable problems occurred from electric cord terminal joint and bring forward some safety issues, particularly on critical points such as engine connection of a washing machine.

Commonly, utilization of plastic-made connector bodies is generally in rectangular prismatic form. This enables the electrical connection of the cord coming from the engine to be connected to the body, for instance to control cards, during installation. The body is also referred to as socket. It includes the necessity of a socket fixation as well as a water shield for electrical connections.

In order to meet this necessity, placing the socket longitudinally within a bore opened vertically to the long side against socket bearings made by joining two plates generating a side T form enables the short side to act like a water shield but cannot provide desired support since the socket is only in touch with the plate section.

Based on this problem, in certain bracket applications the socket is placed on a plane so as to have contact along the base thereof. Said construction that forms a connection bracket without any protection except the plane, however, enables socket utilization. Fixation of incoming cords to the socket on the bearing as any obstruction is avoided, and ground undertaking by said bearing are both necessary. An additional joint fixation on the bearing may be an issue in consideration of the cords that generate a total and are being hardly bent where bearing is parallel to the cord extension. However, since this additional element imposes an extra cost, although not utilization thereof may hazard the electrical installation as the incoming cords to the socket place are in a messy manner, this problem rests unsolved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a household appliance having a connection terminal bracket construction that eliminates abovementioned problems and provides extra advantages for the relevant technical field.

By setting out from current technology, the purpose of the invention is to maintain incoming cords to electrical connection apparatus together and fixed over the bracket, within terminal brackets having a bearing plane placed over the base of a socket.

Another purpose of the invention is maintaining the cords together and executing socket bracket functions through a bearing plane comprising of an integral plate.

Another purpose of the invention is generating a binding construction that preserves the forms of cords in the event of force thereon.

In order to achieve said purposes the present invention relates to an electrical household appliance comprising an electric motor powered by a power supply and operating with water in a washing arrangement, and comprising an installation having cords that forms a connection between said power supply and said electric motor, and a terminal element on which the cord joints are made and placed on a base plate constituting a bearing plane.

According to the invention, said base plate has at least a holder that angularly extends to the plane and along a course that the cords are following, i. e. a direction of the cords. Thereby, a construction that has a socket mounted on a plane with the cords maintained thereon is achieved.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, said holder is a prolongation of said base plate. Thereby a construction that is integrated and capable of desired functions through for instance bending of a metal plate is readily achievable.

Another preferred embodiment of the invention, however, includes at least a blockage wall that can contact with cords' external hulls of said holder and blocks the movement thereof in a predetermined direction.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the structure co-built by said barrier plate and base plate is in L form.

A preferred embodiment of the invention includes at least a support element placed over a bending that forms an angle in order to avoid the stretching of the bend between base plate and holder through load.

A similarly preferred embodiment of the invention includes at least a collapse surface that is placed essentially in an angular portion of said prolongation and that deepens essentially in a vertical manner to the prolongation plane, in order to form said support element.

A preferred embodiment of the invention includes at least a bore that is formed over the holder and in which the cords pass, in order to enable said holder enclose the cords circumferentially.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized by a barrier that avoids the cords, which passes through said bore, during extension thereof essentially in a vertical manner to the base plate and, that is a prolongation of one edge of said holder.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a section of prolongation course of said holder and base plate is in L or L-like form of which the short edge is the holder.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, said holder is a planar plate that is angularly contacted with the base plate on one end.

A preferred embodiment of the invention includes at least a collapse section that constitutes support in predetermined bending direction in order to provide rigidity against bend-forcing forces over said planar plate holder.

Structural and characteristic features and entire advantages of the invention shall be more explicitly understood through below referenced figures and detailed description thereof, and therefore, evaluation should be made in consideration of these figures and detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES

Figure 1 is the figurative view of a household appliance;

Figure 2 is the perspective view of a figurative application related to a terminal connection.

REFERENCE NUMBERS WITHIN FIGURES

A. Socket placement direction

B. Bracket installation direction C. Cord extension direction

1. Base plate

1 .1 Socket installation bore

2. Connection prolongation 3 Cord holder

3.1 Cord bore

3.2 Barrier

3.3 Chock

3.4 Feeder 4. Grounding extension

5. Household device

6. Electric motor

7. Power supply

8. Cords 9. Terminal element

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In this detailed description the invention is described with reference to accompanied figures, solely to clarify the matter without bringing any restrictive impacts.

The household appliance illustrated by Figure 1 in general includes a base plate (1 ) that constitutes a bearing for a socket (9) in which electrical connections re formed with electronic cords (8) between power supply (7) and control motor (6) in a region such as beneath the oscillation set of a washing machine (5), which is a conventional household appliance, constructional details whereof are not shown here if not pertinent to the specification to be presented.

By drilling a metal plate and forming thereof under press, the base plate (1 ) is formed. By this forming, besides the base plate (1 ) illustrated in Figure 2 and located on xy-plane, connection (2) extension and cable holder (3) elements that are each extensions of said plate and extending along zy-plane are also generated. The connection extension (2) of said elements enables the base plate (1 ) to be connected to the washing machine oscillation set via a bolt (not shown) extending in a direction of bracket installation.

Two cavities opened in rectangular form, extending in parallel to each other over the base plate (1 ), compose socket installation bores (1 .1 ) and constitute bearings for terminal socket installation (not shown) that ends the cords (8). When the socket element base places over the base plate (1 ), each single hook located on two sides of the socket moves towards socket installation bores (1.1 ) in socket fitting direction (A) and enables the socket to be locked over the base plate (1 ).

The cords (8) coming via the socket are fixed by going into the grounding prolongation in x-direction, which is the output direction from the socket.

The cable holder (3) is a round-edged prolongation in bent square form so as to face the yz-plane by being rotated in y-axis. The edge of cable holder (3) corresponding to the edge of the base plate (1 ), forms the barrier (3.2) in the manner of a prolongation in zx-plane by being radially bent in z-axis. Besides, in order to avoid the sides over the plane in zy-axis of the cable holder to cut the cords (8), a cable bore (3.1 ) in radially rounded rectangular form is opened. A feeder (3.4) is created via a collapse that is in J-form of which the short side faces to upper portion and that extends in the course of side thereof that corresponds to the barrier (3.2), and that extends to -x direction on zy-plane in upper portion of said bore. The cords 8, not shown) lying from the socket in the cable extension direction (C), pass through the cord bore (3.1 ) and are locked against a movement in xy-plane. On the other hand, the movement of the cord turning to z-direction is restricted via the barrier (3.2) and feeder (3.4) in zy- axis. A choke (3.3) is formed via a collapse that extends at bending region in z- direction against the coactions in x/x-direction and the coactions that may occur in bending point of the cable holder (3) plane within zy-plane.

The scope of protection of the invention is as defined in the appended claims and must not be restricted with the illustrations in this detailed description. It is obvious that a skilled person in the art may suggest similar constructions in view of the foregoing without departing the scope of the invention.